Project butterfly Mankulam Division

 Kallima inachus huegeli Malayalam Name      : ഹിമാലയൻ ഓക്കില ശലഭം Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :   Tropical Asia STATUS:   Not rare HABITAT  :  HABITS  The butterfly exhibits  polyphenism , i.e. there are specific dry-season and wet-season forms which differ in colouration and size; the wet-season form tends to be smaller. The orange oakleaf is a powerful flier and usually flies in dense forests with good rainfall, amongst undergrowth and along stream beds. It is attracted to tree sap and over-ripe fruit, and is also known to  mud-puddle.  when in danger the orange oakleaf flies erratically, soon dropping down into the foliage and occupying a stationary pose with wings closed, so that the birds are very o...

Junonia hierta hierta (Fabricius, 1798) —  പീത നീലൻ male Malayalam Name      : പീത നീലൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family                :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae   DIST RIBUTION Tropical region of Asia, Africa and Oceania. STATUS:  Common HABITAT Open Scrubs and grass lands HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small size Black and yellow butterfly with wingspan 45-60 mm.   The male upper side is bright yellow. The costa of the forewing has a broad triangular jet-black projection downwards at the discocellulars, and the dorsum has a triangular projection upwards near the tornus; this black margin narrows near the middle of the termen and bears on the apex two short transverse preapical white streaks crossed by the black veins. Below these is an obscure  ocellus   that is sometimes absent....

Neptis clinia kallaura Moore , 1881 ചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Malayalam Name      : ചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :  South Asia and South East Asia STATUS:   HABITAT : Moist deciduous forests and urban landscape HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES: Pied medium sized butterfly with wingspan 45-60mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES : Common Sailor, Chesnut streaked Sailor, LARVAL HOST PLANTS LIFE CYCLE Celtis spp. (Cannabaceae). MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Athyma ranga karwara (Fruhstorfer, 1906) കരിവരയൻ സർജൻ്റ് Malayalam Name      : കരിവരയൻ സർജൻ്റ് Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family                :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Limetidinae DIST RIBUTION:   The species is found in  South  and  Southeast Asia STATUS:  No HABITAT The HABITS Tts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wing Span: 60–75 mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES    Con LARVAL HOST PLANTS Haldina cordifolia, Mussaenda philippica, Wendlandia thyrsoidea  (Rubiaceae). LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Athyma inara inara   Westwood, 1850  കളർ സർജൻ്റ് Malayalam Name      : കളർ സർജൻ്റ് Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family                :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Limetidinae DIST RIBUTION:    South  and  Southeast Asia STATUS:  No HABITAT:  The HABITS:  Tts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Wing Span: 55–70 mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES :   Female is similar to Yellow Jack Sailor , Common Lascar and Extra Lascar LARVAL HOST PLANTS Glochidion lanceolarium, G. heyneanum, G. zeylanicum (Phyllanthaceae). Mussaenda frondosa (Rubiaceae). LIFE CYCLE     MORE IMAGES Male Female female Male Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ